News: A 'BRIC' economy in Latin America
In May this year, São Paulo’s stock exchange jumped almost 10 per cent just a couple days after the news that Standard & Poor’s had raised Brazil to the level of investment grade.

EI news: Chipdrive guards personal information
A small USB device allowing the user to control access to sensitive data and personal information needed for transactions on a PC or notebook has been introduced by SCM Microsystems of Ismaning, Germany.

EI news: ‘Socialising’ CMS
Upon the release of the web CMS Report 2008, CMS Watch founder Tony Byrne says “The good news is, nearly all web CMS vendors are ‘socialising’ the experience around enterprise websites and intranets by adding various engagement features such as blogs, tag clouds, forums, and more to their products.

EI news: Steering group responsible for drafting ECM standard
DOUG MILES, managing director of AIIM UK and regular contributor to IK, is one of the panelists representing associations and analysts, system integrators, technology vendors and end user organisations appointed recently to work with The Content Group and BSI British Standards to develop the first ever Publicly Available Specification (PAS) for enterprise content management (ECM

News: Tomato growers protest poor knowledge sharing
Farmers in Florida, US are in a stew over lack of knowledge sharing that led to crop losses predicted to cost as much as $500m in uninsured losses as well as consumer confidence.

News: AOK moves to Israel
After eight years under the guidance of founder Jerry Ash, the Association of Knowledgework (AOK) has changed hands and places. Avigdor Sharon has assumed ownership and will manage AOK with the help of a team of volunteers in Israel.

News: North American dominance of knowledge economy eroding
THE 2008 EDITION of the World Knowledge Competitiveness Index (WKCI) shows a rapid increase in competitiveness in Asia and other parts of the world, challenging the US lead

News: Meet the 'unmagnificent seven'
‘YOU’RE FIRED!’ is a phrase we’ve heard on the TV show The Apprentice, and research reveals 85 per cent of the British workforce has suffered a nightmare boss just like the show’s lead character.